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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
West Lothian planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official West Lothian website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates31,663Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,880 approved or refused records
2,537Refused applications
26,343 approved · 2,537 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning & Building StandardsLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP 1)Pre-application advice Pre-Application EnquiryConservation areas Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Scheduled Monuments
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriescustomer.service@westlothian.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas10 mapped area records
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- DecidedLIVE/0523/FUL/03
Change of use from vacant ground to private garden ground and formation of new access road
Willgrange Cottage -, Longridge
Received 9 Apr 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0867/FUL/02
Substitution of house types on Plots 6,7 and 8
- Balmuir Road, Ballencrieff Mill, Bathgate
Received 15 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0857/LBC/02
Listed building consent for the conversion of former workshop to form a house
16 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 15 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0880/M/02
Rehabilitation of former colliery site including excavation and processing of tip materials, grading and reprofiling works, importation of inert materials (soils) and restoration to woodland and grassland
Woodend Colliery -, Armadale
Received 14 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1117/FUL/02
Erection of 7 houses with garages and associated access road
- Station Road, Kirknewton
Received 29 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1105/FUL/02
Change of use and alterations from shop to amusement centre and installation of a new shop front
11-13 George Place, Bathgate
Received 28 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1140/FUL/02
Erection of a 270sqm church with associated car parking and access
- Cannop Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 28 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1143/FUL/02
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to a licensed restaurant and erection of an external flue
90 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 28 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1012/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
28 Gareloch Way, Whitburn
Received 2 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1054/H/02
Extension to house and erection of a conservatory
98 Calder Road, Bellsquarry, Livingston
Received 1 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0298/FUL/03
Erection of a house
Plot 7 Muirhouse Dykes, Loganlea
Received 19 Mar 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0060/FUL/03
Erection of 1 block of 4 flats and associated parking
3 Mungle Street, West Calder
Received 21 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0062/H/03
Extension to ground floor flat
9 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow
Received 21 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0061/FUL/03
Erection of stone pillars, entrance gates and stone shrines
- Witchcraig War Memorial, Torphichen
Received 21 Jan 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1275/H/02
Demolition of garage and erection of two storey extension to house
13 Langton View, East Calder
Received 18 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1274/H/02
Installation of a dormer
78 Ballantyne Place, Livingston
Received 18 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1290/H/02
Extension to house
25 Riccarton Road, Linlithgow
Received 18 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1273/H/02
Two storey and single storey extensions to house
22 Huntburn Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 18 Dec 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0193/FUL/03
Erection of a 502sqm mixed use development comprising retail units and hot food take-away with associated car parking
- Almondside, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0137/H/03
Extension to house
20 Talisman Rise, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0138/H/03
Installation of a dormer
100 Midhope Place, Winchburgh
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0142/FUL/03
Change of use of land for the storage and auction of salvage motor vehicles, erection of a 512sqm office building, 576 sqm workshop and formation of associated access road, landscaping and security fencing
- Station Road, (Land East - B8046), Uphall Station
Received 10 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/1184/H/02
Two storey house extension
77 Wester Bankton, Livingston
Received 18 Nov 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0118/A/03
Erection of illuminated fascia and freestanding sign
- Park Farm, Linlithgow
Received 31 Jan 2003
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Lothian, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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